September 11 Television Archive

This collection contains television news programs recorded live from around September 11, 2001 by the non-profit Television Archive to help patrons research this important part of United States history. These materials were available on the televisionarchive.org site from October 11, 2001 through 2003.

Because we have tried to get this collection up as quickly as possible, there are some segments that have not been uploaded yet (see a list of these files). We will continue to add files as they become available.

United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. (note: the crash happened slightly after 10 am, perhaps as late as 10:10 according to other sources)

10:10 a.m.

Portion of the Pentagon collapses.

10:13 a.m.

United Nations building evacuates.

10:22 a.m.

State and Justice Departments, and World Bank, evacuated in Washington DC.

10:24 a.m.

FAA reroutes inbound transatlantic flights to land in Canada.

10:28 a.m.

One World Trade Center (north tower) collapses.

10:45 a.m.

All federal office buildings in Washington DC evacuated.

10:48 a.m.

Police confirm Pennsylvania plane crash.

10:53 a.m.

New York's primary elections postponed.

10:54 a.m.

Israel evacuates diplomatic missions.

10:57 a.m.

NY Gov. Pataki announces closure of all state government offices.

11:02 a.m.

Mayor Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal
Street

12:04 p.m.

Los Angeles International Airport evacuated.

12:15 p.m.

San Francisco International Airport evacuated.

12:15 p.m.

US closes some Canada and Mexico border crossings.

1:02 p.m.

NY Mayor Giuliani evacuates Manhattan south of Canal Street.

1:04 p.m.

President Bush says: "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts." (note: other sources cite this at 12:36)

1:27 p.m.

Washington DC declares state of emergency in the city.

2:30 p.m.

FAA announces suspension of US commercial air traffic until noon EST Wednesday 9/12/01.

4:00 p.m.

CNN National Security Correspondent David Ensor reports there are indications that Osama bin Laden is involved
in attacks.

4:10 p.m.

Seven World Trade Center reported to be on fire.

4:25 p.m.

American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, and New York Stock Exchange announce they will be closed Wednesday,
9/12.

4:45 p.m.

City of New York announces that 200 firefighters and 78 police officers are missing.(Note: according to other sources, at 7:45 pm the New York Police department announced that at least 78 police officers were missing and that as many as half (200) of the first firefighters at the scene had been killed.)

5:20 p.m.

Seven World Trade Center building collapses.

5:30 p.m.

Explosions reported in Kabul, Afghanistan. (note: other sources cite this for 6 pm)

6:40 p.m.

Press conference by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld from the Pentagon.

6:45 p.m.

President Bush arrives at the White House. (note: other sources say he arrived at 6:54)

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 12:48:09 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 08:48:09 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 30 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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BBC World was received from Bell ExpressVu (a Canadian direct-to-home service) and encoded using a real-time MPEG-2 encoder. The encoder was setup to include the time in UTC as part of the video – UTC is also known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and is the time in London during the winter. Because of daylight savings time being in effect, this means that UTC is four hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time. The time that was used to set the encoder’s time-code came from NIST using the NTP... ( 25 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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This is a summary video from many of the channels recorded by the Television Archive. It's ordered by time with clips from the following channels. NBC (USA) - 0:00:00-0:02:48 The Today Show pre-events CBS (USA) - 0:02:49-0:04:24 As they break into news of the impact into the North Tower CNN (USA) - 0:04:25-0:06:24 As they cut into a commercial to go live from NYC to cover the North Tower TV Azteca (Mexico) - 0:06:25-0:07:44 Coverage of the North Tower on the morning show "Hechos"... ( 6 reviews )

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News from BBC TV was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 12:34:30 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 08:34:30 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 10 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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This collection of news footage from 9/11/2001 was contributed by Dennis Swanson, President of Station Operations for Fox Television Stations Inc., and Fox 5 News. At the "Learning From Recorded Memory - 911 TV News Archive Conference" held at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts on August 24, 2011, Dennis Swanson presented Brewster Kahle with tapes of WNYW Fox 5 News footage from September 11, 2001. The Internet Archive digitized the tapes for this collection. Dennis... Topics: Fox 5 News, New York

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 13:29:50 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 09:29:50 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 5 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 14:11:32 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 10:11:32 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from Fox 5, Washington D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 13:54:36 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 09:54:36 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from BBC TV was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 13:57:53 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 09:57:53 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from NBC 4, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. PLEASE NOTE: The next segment on NBC, 11:17-11:59 on 9/11, is not currently available. The "next" link below will take you to the 11:59-12:41 segment. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 14:36:14 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 10:36:14 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 14:53:13 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 10:53:13 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 3 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CBS 9, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 14:36:14 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 10:36:14 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 15:34:55 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 11:34:55 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 1 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from ABC 7, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. PLEASE NOTE: The next segment on ABC, 16:51-17:33 on 9/11, is not currently available. The "next" link below will take you to the 17:33-18:14 segment. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 20:09:52 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 16:09:52 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 4 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 16:16:36 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 12:16:36 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from BBC TV was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 15:21:15 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 11:21:15 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CBS 9, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 15:17:55 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 11:17:55 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from NBC 4, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 16:41:18 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 12:41:18 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from ABC 7, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. PLEASE NOTE: The next several segments on ABC, 00:30-08:57 on 9/12, are not currently available. The "next" link below will take you to the 08:57-09:39 segment. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-12 03:48:28 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 23:48:28 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 1 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 21:08:26 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 17:08:26 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 2 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 16:58:18 Air Time: 2001-09-11 12:58:18 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 17:39:59 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 13:39:59 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from NBC 4, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 17:23:00 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 13:23:00 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from BBC TV was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 16:02:57 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 12:02:57 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-12 03:23:39 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 23:23:39 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 1 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from NBC 4, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-12 13:39:20 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-12 09:39:20 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from ABC 7, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-12 13:39:27 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-12 09:39:27 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 18:21:40 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 14:21:40 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 19:03:22 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 15:03:22 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 19:45:03 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 15:45:03 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 2 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from NBC 4, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 22:14:49 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 18:14:49 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from NBC 4, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 21:33:08 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 17:33:08 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 20:26:45 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 16:26:45 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 1 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CBS 9, Washington, D.C. was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 16:41:18 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 12:41:18 EDT Length: 0:41:41 Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

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News from CNN was recorded by the Television Archive, a non-profit archive. Video available as a loan (stream) only. Click for next video, previous video, or program guide. Date: 2001-09-11 22:31:49 UTC Air Time: 2001-09-11 18:31:49 EDT Length: 0:41:41 ( 1 reviews ) Topics: Television News, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 911 Terrorist Attacks

This collection contains television news programs recorded live from around September 11, 2001 by the non-profit Television Archive to help patrons research this important part of United States history. These materials were available on the televisionarchive.org site from October 11, 2001 through 2003.

Because we have tried to get this collection up as quickly as possible, there are some segments that have not been uploaded yet (see a list of these files). We will continue to add files as they become available.

United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. (note: the crash happened slightly after 10 am, perhaps as late as 10:10 according to other sources)

10:10 a.m.

Portion of the Pentagon collapses.

10:13 a.m.

United Nations building evacuates.

10:22 a.m.

State and Justice Departments, and World Bank, evacuated in Washington DC.

10:24 a.m.

FAA reroutes inbound transatlantic flights to land in Canada.

10:28 a.m.

One World Trade Center (north tower) collapses.

10:45 a.m.

All federal office buildings in Washington DC evacuated.

10:48 a.m.

Police confirm Pennsylvania plane crash.

10:53 a.m.

New York's primary elections postponed.

10:54 a.m.

Israel evacuates diplomatic missions.

10:57 a.m.

NY Gov. Pataki announces closure of all state government offices.

11:02 a.m.

Mayor Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal
Street

12:04 p.m.

Los Angeles International Airport evacuated.

12:15 p.m.

San Francisco International Airport evacuated.

12:15 p.m.

US closes some Canada and Mexico border crossings.

1:02 p.m.

NY Mayor Giuliani evacuates Manhattan south of Canal Street.

1:04 p.m.

President Bush says: "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts." (note: other sources cite this at 12:36)

1:27 p.m.

Washington DC declares state of emergency in the city.

2:30 p.m.

FAA announces suspension of US commercial air traffic until noon EST Wednesday 9/12/01.

4:00 p.m.

CNN National Security Correspondent David Ensor reports there are indications that Osama bin Laden is involved
in attacks.

4:10 p.m.

Seven World Trade Center reported to be on fire.

4:25 p.m.

American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, and New York Stock Exchange announce they will be closed Wednesday,
9/12.

4:45 p.m.

City of New York announces that 200 firefighters and 78 police officers are missing.(Note: according to other sources, at 7:45 pm the New York Police department announced that at least 78 police officers were missing and that as many as half (200) of the first firefighters at the scene had been killed.)

5:20 p.m.

Seven World Trade Center building collapses.

5:30 p.m.

Explosions reported in Kabul, Afghanistan. (note: other sources cite this for 6 pm)

6:40 p.m.

Press conference by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld from the Pentagon.

6:45 p.m.

President Bush arrives at the White House. (note: other sources say he arrived at 6:54)